AgNet Weekly: Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack

Sabrina Halvorson AgNet Weekly

The Biden Administration this week announced the availability of nearly $11 billion in grants and loan opportunities to help rural energy and utility providers. They say the funding will help bring affordable, reliable, clean energy to communities across the country. Sabrina Halvorson talks with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to get more details.

Each week we highlight essential legislative and policy conversations affecting agriculture nationwide. Host Sabrina Halvorson is a 30-year media veteran known nationally for her award-winning, balanced, and accurate reporting. For more than 10 years, she has specialized in agriculture news focused on political issues. While most agriculture news podcasts focus primarily on Midwest crops, we uniquely understand specialty crops, their regions, and their related industries. AgNet Weekly also traverses the legislative issues of the livestock industry and other matters related to California and Southeast agriculture.

AgNet News Hour, Tuesday, 03-26-24 AgNet Weekly with Sabrina Halvorson

Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Sabrina Halvorson. Today's show includes concerns over UFW’s use of farm and food worker relief funds. We’ll have the story. Tune in for these news stories, interviews, features and more.
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  6. February 3, 2024: USDA Initiatives for Specialty Crops
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  8. January 13, 2024 – NCBA’s Ethan Lane on what the livestock industry can expect this year
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  10. December 16, 2023 – USDA Assistance for Distressed Borrowers

Sabrina Halvorson
National Correspondent / AgNet Media, Inc.

Sabrina Halvorson is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and public speaker who specializes in agriculture. She primarily reports on legislative issues and hosts The AgNet Weekly podcast. Sabrina is a native of California’s agriculture-rich Central Valley.